BROMLEY (BAGOT'S) a liberty in the parish of
ABBOT's-BROMLEY, southern division of the hundred of
PIREHILL, county of STAFFORD, 1 mile (S. W.)
from Abbot's Bromley, with which the population is
returned. This place derives its distinguishing name
from the noble family of Bagot, to which it has belonged
singe the time of the Conquest, and was anciently their
residence, which is now situated at Blithefield, about
two miles distant. Sir William Bagot, Bart., was advanced
to the peerage, on the 17th of October, 1780,
by the title of Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley. There
is a, chalybeate spring in the park, but it is not much
resorted to.